| Trump on coronavirus: 'If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any.' Why he's dangerously wrong. Posted: 16 Jun 2020 06:06 AM PDT  Florida has certainly been finding more cases. On June 1, Florida's seven-day average stood at 726 cases per day. As of June 15, it had more than doubled to 1,775. However, Florida has been conducting roughly the same average number of COVID-19 tests every day for the last month.
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| NYPD officers hospitalised after drinking milkshakes ‘spiked with bleach’ Posted: 16 Jun 2020 01:57 AM PDT  Three New York Police Department (NYPD) officers were hospitalised after consuming milkshakes believed to contain bleach.The shakes, which were purchased at a Manhattan Shake Shack branch on Monday night, may have been spiked with bleach, New York's largest police union said.
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| Police department rips Tucker Carlson for "inaccurate" protest report Posted: 16 Jun 2020 11:57 AM PDT  The department said Carlson's report creates "creates an environment of confusion and bitterness"
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| What is Juneteenth and how are people commemorating it this year? Posted: 16 Jun 2020 01:17 PM PDT  Juneteenth, a portmanteau of June and 19th, also is known as Emancipation Day. It commemorates the day in 1865, after the Confederate states surrendered to end the Civil War, when a Union general arrived in Texas to inform the last group of enslaved African Americans of their freedom under President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation.
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| 'Kroger Karen' is going viral for using a stroller to block a Black woman from leaving a grocery store parking lot Posted: 16 Jun 2020 01:58 PM PDT  Shaneeka Montgomery-Strickland live-streamed the incident in which a white woman barred her from exiting a Kroger parking lot.
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| Mexico president would sell gas to Venezuela if asked Posted: 15 Jun 2020 10:31 AM PDT  Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday he would be willing to sell gasoline to Venezuela for humanitarian reasons despite United States sanctions against the South American nation. "Venezuela has not made a request of us, but if it were a humanitarian necessity, we would do it," López Obrador said during a visit to the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
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| 'Unorthodox,' 'abuse of power': ICE is hitting lawful asylum-seekers with a new obstacle Posted: 16 Jun 2020 08:32 AM PDT  "Now that they're granting some paroles, they're placing as many hurdles as possible," said a staff attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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| ‘History in the making’? Seattle protest zone prompts rethink on policing. Posted: 16 Jun 2020 02:34 PM PDT  Seattle's "Capitol Hill Occupy Protest," originally called the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone," has become a focal point amid nationwide protests.
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| 'Not to me, they don't': Philadelphia court supervisor fired for tearing down Black Lives Matter signs on video Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:44 AM PDT  A supervisor with Philadelphia's Family Court was fired after a video circulated online showing him tearing down Black Lives Matter signs and telling bystanders that black lives don't matter to him.The video shows Michael Henkel marching along a sidewalk tearing Black Lives Matter signs from fences and walls. When a bystander yells "black lives matter" at him, Mr Henkel replies "not to me, they don't."
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| Taiwan jets 'drive away' intruding Chinese fighter plane, third intrusion in days Posted: 16 Jun 2020 01:23 AM PDT  Taiwan air force jets "drove away" a Chinese fighter plane that briefly entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Tuesday, the defence ministry said, reporting the third intrusion in a week. The single J-10 fighter was given radio warnings to leave before the Taiwanese air force jets ushered the intruder out of the airspace southwest of the island, the ministry said. On Tuesday last week, the ministry said several Su-30 fighters, some of China's most advanced jets, crossed into the same airspace and were also warned to leave.
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| British Airways is reportedly selling lounge artwork for cash, and some pieces are valued at more than a $1 million Posted: 16 Jun 2020 09:53 AM PDT  British Airways once flew the Concorde, but is now resorting to selling its valuable artwork as a new form of cash flow during the pandemic.
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| Donald Trump to cut half of US troops in 'delinquent' Germany Posted: 15 Jun 2020 03:28 PM PDT  Donald Trump said he is cutting the number of American troops in Germany by half because Berlin is "delinquent" in its contributions to Nato and treats the US "badly" on trade. The US president told reporters there are 52,000 US soldiers stationed in Germany. "It's a tremendous cost to the United States," he said. "So we're removing a number down to, we're putting the number down to 25,000 soldiers." There are only between 34,000 and 35,000 US soldiers permanently stationed in Germany, according to the Pentagon, although rotation of units mean the overall number can temporarily top 50,000. US troops have been stationed in the geopolitically vital country since the end of World War II, forming the bulk of the Nato alliance's conventional defence against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The resurgence of Russia's military ambitions under President Vladimir Putin have given the US presence a new importance in the past two decades, with central and eastern European states leading the way in pressuring for stronger US-led defences. However, Mr Trump said he was reacting to ally Germany's insufficient payments to Nato. "Germany's delinquent, they've been delinquent for years and they owe Nato billions of dollars, and they have to pay it. So we're protecting Germany and they're delinquent. That doesn't make sense," he said.
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| By 2030, The World's Naval Power Will Have Shifted East Posted: 16 Jun 2020 11:00 PM PDT  China, India, Japan, and South KOrea
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| Dispatcher unafraid of being 'snitch' reports Floyd arrest Posted: 15 Jun 2020 02:29 PM PDT  A 911 dispatcher who was apparently watching in real time as a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into the neck of George Floyd called a supervisor to tell him what she saw, not caring if it made her look like a "snitch," according to a recording of the call made public Monday. In the call, the dispatcher calls a police sergeant and says what she was seeing on live video looked "different" and that she wanted to let him know about it. The dispatcher was in a 911 call center at the time and was watching video from a surveillance camera posted at the intersection where police apprehended Floyd, according to city spokesman Casper Hill.
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| ‘Cut Out the Cancer and Start Rebuilding’: GOP Operatives Form New Anti-Trump Super PAC Posted: 17 Jun 2020 07:22 AM PDT  "NeverTrump" Republicans, including former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci, have formed another Super PAC to boost former vice president Joe Biden in an effort to defeat Trump in November.The "Right Side PAC," founded by former Ohio GOP chairman Matt Borges — who clashed repeatedly with Trump in 2016 and was later voted out after Trump pressured Ohio Republicans to remove him — aims to complement the Lincoln Project, another anti-Trump PAC led by George Conway, husband of Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, and other prominent GOP operatives.Borges told Axios that the focus is on taking advantage of "an opportunity to kind of reset things." He added that the project "would never" have happened if Senators Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) or Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) were the Democratic nominee. Warren is reportedly on the shortlist to be Biden's running-mate."We're not trying to become Democrats," Borges explained. "I intend to vote for every other Republican on the ballot. And I expect that there are others like me who aren't looking to leave the party."Scaramucci stated that Trump's defeat "will be a very necessary part of the reorganization and the regrowth of the Republican Party," and that he is "very confident" in shifting support to Biden."We can convince a large group of Republican voters that Biden is the right person to vote for if they want to stay true to their principles and to the legacy of the Republican Party," he said, warning that Trump's reelection "may set the Republican Party up to be a minority party for a generation."
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| Coronavirus in Beijing: 27 neighbourhoods not allowed to leave as spike continues Posted: 16 Jun 2020 11:58 PM PDT  Schools are shut and travel is restricted, as the city reports another 31 Covid-19 cases.
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| 'Inaccurate and harmful': Texas Senators Cruz, Cornyn dismiss notions of systemic racism in police and society Posted: 16 Jun 2020 07:22 PM PDT  Speaking during a Senate Judiciary hearing about police violence, both the Senators dismissed the idea of systemic racism.
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| Florida health care worker and 15 of her friends contract coronavirus on first night out at a bar after months of lockdown Posted: 17 Jun 2020 06:17 AM PDT  A healthcare worker and all 15 of her friends reportedly contracted Covid-19 after spending a night out together at a bar in Jacksonville, Florida as the state moved to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.Erika Crisp, 40, told local news outlets she and her friends had been staying at home and social distancing because of the novel coronavirus — until they decided to go out earlier this month for drinks.
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| Brazil is on track to lead the world in coronavirus cases and deaths, and it still doesn't have a plan for tackling the outbreak Posted: 16 Jun 2020 08:50 PM PDT  Brazil announced a record 34,918 new daily coronavirus cases on Tuesday, raising the country's total above 923,000, with more than 45,000 deaths.
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| Family of Dreasjon Reed, Black Man Killed by Indianapolis Police Officer, File Lawsuit Against City's Police Department Posted: 16 Jun 2020 02:45 PM PDT  The lawsuit says that the Indianapolis police department did not correctly train officers on how to engage with civilians
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| At event on safe policing, Trump says there's only a 'small percentage' of bad police officers Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:46 AM PDT  Before signing an executive order on "safe policing for safe communities," President Trump said bad officers make up only a "small percentage" of police forces.
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| A Black pastor was arrested after pulling out a gun while under attack. The sheriff apologized, and now 5 alleged assailants face hate crimes charges. Posted: 16 Jun 2020 05:19 PM PDT  "How dehumanizing … to look at this mob of individuals cheering on the sidelines waving as I was carted off to go to jail," Leon McCray said.
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| North Korea's Demolition of the Kaesong Liaison Office Is a Sign of Desperation Posted: 16 Jun 2020 11:59 AM PDT  Not aggression. Here's why.
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| Should we be worried about the Beijing coronavirus outbreak? Posted: 17 Jun 2020 02:05 AM PDT  China's latest cluster outbreak in Beijing, at 137 cases over the last six days, is the worst resurgence of the coronavirus since early February. It came as a bit of a surprise, ending a nearly two-month streak of zero cases in the country's capital. Authorities have taken no chances, immediately moving to institute partial lockdowns by quarantining housing compounds with infections, halting outbound transport links, and closing schools – again. Public transport within the city is enforcing social distancing measures, cutting capacity by as much as half to allow passengers more space. In Beijing, life is being disrupted only about a week after containment measures were finally relaxed and residents were just beginning to get excited about spending summer with greater mobility. Dining al fresco and riding a bike seemed novel concepts after months of being shuttered indoors.
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| Streaming revolution: Protesters make point with viral clips Posted: 15 Jun 2020 12:05 PM PDT  Hundreds of protesters marched up Manhattan's Fifth Avenue last week, their signs and chants demanding police reform captured from within their ranks by dozens of camera phones. Citizen footage has played a role in previous protest movements: Rodney King's violent arrest in Los Angeles in 1991 was filmed by a man on his nearby balcony with a camcorder, and images posted to social media were crucial to the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street. Bystander video sparked it, with cellphone-bearing citizens capturing the killings of Eric Garner, Alton Sterling, George Floyd and others.
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| New Zealand military to oversee quarantine facilities after new COVID-19 case Posted: 16 Jun 2020 07:41 PM PDT  New Zealand on Wednesday said the defence force will now oversee the country's quarantine facilities and strengthen border requirements, after a slip up allowed two people with coronavirus to move around the country. New Zealand on Tuesday lost its COVID-free status when two women who had been given permission to leave quarantine early on compassionate grounds after arriving from Britain tested positive for the coronavirus. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she was appointing the Assistant Chief of Defence, Air Commodore Digby Webb, to oversee all quarantine and to manage isolation facilities, including the processes of exiting people from these facilities.
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| China says it has agreed with India to de-escalate border situation Posted: 17 Jun 2020 04:09 AM PDT  China and India have agreed to de-escalate the situation at their border as soon as possible following a clash between the their troops, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told Indian Foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during a phone call on Wednesday that India should severely punish those responsible for the conflict and control its frontline troops, the Chinese ministry said in a statement. China and India have blamed each other for the clash on Monday, which killed at least 20 Indian soldiers.
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| Netflix billionaire Reed Hastings is building a 2,100-acre luxury training camp for teachers in rural Colorado Posted: 16 Jun 2020 03:54 PM PDT  Reed Hastings' $20 million property has acres of trails, classrooms, and a spa for teachers to rest.
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| Japan 'can't move ahead' with US missile defence system: PM Posted: 16 Jun 2020 07:16 AM PDT  Japan "can't move ahead" with a costly US missile defence system, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday, throwing his support behind a decision to suspend deployment of the controversial programme. In a surprise announcement a day earlier, Japan's Defence Minister Taro Kono said the deployment of the Aegis Ashore system would be suspended, citing cost and time constraints. Abe's comments appear to suggest the system, which was originally estimated to cost Japan $4.2 billion over three decades, may be scrapped altogether.
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| As leaders warned of US meat shortages, overseas exports of pork and beef continued Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:31 AM PDT  Critics say companies and Trump used a scare tactic to justify the executive order, which provided some liability protection for meatpacking plants.
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| US Air Force sergeant charged in Boogaloo Bois murder Posted: 17 Jun 2020 06:46 AM PDT  A man with far-right links is accused of a shooting outside Oakland courthouse during BLM protests.
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| N. Korea state TV says liaison office was completely ruined Posted: 16 Jun 2020 03:43 AM PDT 
A KRT news reader said the office was "tragically ruined with a terrific explosion" to force "human scum" or North Korean defectors and those, who have turned a blind eye to the defectors and their activities, to "pay dearly for their crimes". The office, when it was operating, effectively served as an embassy for the old rivals and its destruction represents a major setback to efforts by South Korean President Moon Jae-in to coax the North into cooperation. Tension has been rising over recent days with North Korea threatening to cut ties with South Korea and retaliate over the propaganda leaflets, which carry messages critical of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, including on human rights.
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| All of America's Expensive Weapons Are Useless Without This One System Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:00 PM PDT  Today, if you cannot defend yourself from aerial observation or attack, you will not survive and all of the tanks, artillery, and aircraft the Pentagon has invested in will be of little value or use.
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| Assad faces crisis in Syria as US launches sanctions amid growing protests against his rule Posted: 16 Jun 2020 06:12 AM PDT  Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is facing a perfect storm of economic collapse, a bold new wave of US sanctions and growing protests against his rule, threatening to weaken his grip on power. This week a new round of sanctions targeting key supporters of the Syrian government is due to come into force under the Caesar Act, which is named after a defector who documented horrific human rights abuses carried out by the regime. Unlike previous US sanctions, the Caesar Act targets all of Assad's financial supporters worldwide, including Russia, and could seal off remaining cash flows to the regime. The sanctions also target a wider array of assets linked to Syrian funds, including the engineering, construction and military aircraft sectors. Omar al-Shogre from the US-based NGO Syrian Emergency Task Force, which pushed for the bill, called June 17 a "big day". "June 17 is just the start. It opens the door for more and more sanctions. For the next 10 years, those involved with the regime will be punished," said Mr Shogre, who was tortured in one of the government's most infamous prisons before he was freed in 2015.
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| US: Company provided subpar steel for Navy submarine hulls Posted: 15 Jun 2020 12:14 PM PDT  For decades, the Navy's leading supplier of high-strength steel for submarines provided subpar metal because one of the company's longtime employees falsified lab results — putting sailors at greater risk in the event of collisions or other impacts, federal prosecutors said in court filings Monday. The supplier, Kansas City-based Bradken Inc., paid $10.9 million as part of a deferred prosecution agreement, the Justice Department said. The company provides steel castings that Navy contractors Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding use to make submarine hulls.
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| Russia's Putin protected from coronavirus by disinfection tunnels Posted: 16 Jun 2020 01:39 PM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin is protected from the coronavirus by special disinfection tunnels that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow or meeting him in the Kremlin must pass through, his spokesman said on Wednesday. One such special tunnel, manufactured by a Russian company based in the town of Penza, has been installed at Putin's official Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow and two more in the Kremlin, said Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesman.
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| AT&T is laying off thousands of workers and shutting down at least 250 stores Posted: 16 Jun 2020 12:57 PM PDT  AT&T; is cutting 3,400 jobs and closing more than 250 stores as part of its efforts to focus on growth areas and respond to the impacts of COVID-19.
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| Team Biden Is Weirdly Cagey About Who’s Advising Him on Race Posted: 17 Jun 2020 01:06 AM PDT  As presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden enjoys a growing pool of top talent—from longtime advisers and close aides to on-camera surrogates—to help him craft and disseminate nearly every facet of his political agenda against President Trump. But when it comes to his Black Lives Matter brain trust—individuals who the former vice president relies on to inform his thinking about the movement that's shaping the national dialogue around race—his campaign is hesitant to reveal who's doing the work behind the scenes.The Daily Beast sought to obtain basic information about the network Biden is consulting to address concerns brought forward by activists and allies supportive of the Black Lives Matter movement and related racial justice causes. Pressed several times for a list of names or groups, within his own team or externally through Biden's decades-long network, the campaign opted for a boilerplate statement. The Biden campaign told The Daily Beast that the former vice president supports numerous reform proposals currently before Congress, including a national ban on chokeholds, the creation of a model use-of-force standard, and giving the Department of Justice subpoena power for pattern or practice investigations into local law enforcement.A senior Biden adviser said in a text message that all of his advisers "advise on a range of issues." In late May, the campaign made a high-profile hire by bringing on former Obama campaign and White House alum Karine Jean-Pierre as a senior adviser to work on a range of issues, including those facing key communities like Black voters, women, and progressives. Jean-Pierre did not respond when asked whether she is advising the Biden campaign on the Black Lives Matter movement specifically. But questions for increased transparency within the Biden campaign come as the candidate himself has sought to make a stark, public contrast with Trump on racial justice issues. As the president tried to militarize police in an attempt to crackdown on protests against institutional racism following George Floyd's death, Biden endeavored to take on a counselor-in-chief role, including visiting with peaceful protesters in Delaware and meeting privately with Floyd's family in Houston."Now is the time for racial justice," Biden said in an emotional video offering his condolences. "That's the answer we must give to our children when they ask why. Because when there is justice for George Floyd, we will truly be on our way to racial justice in America." On Monday night during a fundraiser, Biden condemned the fact that "systemic racism still affects every part of our society," an acknowledgment he often offers in public and private events. But when it comes to who, specifically, helped craft that language—or any of the other efforts he has undertaken regarding criminal justice, police brutality, or the Black Lives Matter movement broadly in the past several weeks, the answer is less clear. Pressure Mounts for Biden to Select a Black Woman as VPIn releasing his "Lift Every Voice" plan for Black America in May, Biden was equally vague, writing in a statement, "I look forward to making it a reality with the help of lawmakers, community leaders, and families across the country who aspire to the dream of Dr. King."But the campaign has yet to release names of individuals who have Biden's ear on the cause. The opaque nature also runs counter to more transparent public statements they have released touting new hires or top leaders on an array of other areas. Earlier in the primary, while Biden was one of several Democratic contenders, his team released several lists of key hires in battleground states, including paragraph-long descriptions in some cases of new aides' background and roles. Members of his staff have also promoted new digital hires with specific aides called out by name. Most recently, the campaign released a list of people in charge of running the vice presidential search committee. But in other critical areas, like Biden's advisory team on the economy, the campaign has actively demanded that those advisers not make their roles public.Last week, The New York Times reported that members of Biden campaign's economic policy committee were instructed in a memo "not to disclose the names of others who are involved in the committee to nonmembers."Symone Sanders, who served as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) press secretary in 2016 and worked as an analyst at CNN, has long spoken about Biden's commitment to civil rights and racial justice. Sanders was appointed to the criminal justice joint unity task force between Sen. Sanders and Biden's campaign, along with Tennessee state Sen. Raumesh Akbari Chiraag Bains, South Carolina state Rep. Justin Bamberg, former acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, former Attorney General Eric Holder, Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Linn County Supervisor Stacey Walker in Iowa. Reached by The Daily Beast, Walker, a Sanders supporter selected for the joint task force, said he had not been consulted by anyone in the Biden campaign about the Black Lives Matter movement, but noted that Symone Sanders "has a very good understanding of these issues." Throughout the Democratic primary, Biden had the strong support of many Black political leaders, racking up endorsements throughout the country, including in the South. Leading up to the South Carolina primary, Biden secured Majority Whip James Clyburn's endorsement, and performed overwhelmingly well with Black voters nationally, helping him sweep the state by a landslide and teeing off a series of unstoppable victories that led him to swiftly secure the nomination. (A representative for Clyburn did not respond to a specific question about if he is helping Biden navigate the movement). Biden also enjoys the backing of other top leaders in the Congressional Black Caucus, including Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), who co-chairs his campaign. The congressman did not respond to a text message about whether he is advising Biden on that particular issue. Other prominent members, including the current chair Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), who endorsed Biden in March, is leading reforms in the House regarding policing, and had a lengthy discussion on that subject with The Washington Post. The Biden campaign noted that the former vice president and his team engage a diverse array of advisers, thought leaders, activists, and everyday Americans on proposals. But obtaining additional information about who is helping Biden navigate the Black Lives Matter movement comes with particular relevance, as some activists have raised concerns that Biden needs to do more to meet the needs of the current climate.In interviews, several activists and advocates told The Daily Beast that Biden's initial criminal justice platform, which was first released in July 2019, is in need of revisiting in the context of the protest movement sparked by Floyd's death."In retrospect from where he stood last year, given the whole change in political climate, and seeing a modern-day lynching by the police on TV, just going back to where he stood a year ago… that needs to be more aggressive," said Russell Drake, vice president of the Democratic Black Caucus of Florida and former president of the Orange County Black Caucus. Drake said that even the most progressive criminal justice reform proposals put forward during the primary now seem behind the times—particularly when it comes to the question of increased funding for community policing and additional training."The police assault people and people say, 'oh they need access training.' And I'm like, I don't think a person really needs training to know not to put a knee on somebody's neck for five minutes," Drake said. "It doesn't require training to know that if somebody is running away, you don't need to shoot them in the back."Drake said that a police culture of "immunity and impunity" has undercut previous attempts at internal reform, citing in particular the organized opposition of police unions even against reform-minded police chiefs. That culture, Drake said, can only be addressed by reexamining qualified immunity for police officers—a proposal that Biden's platform does not address."When people aren't held liable and there's no way they can [be], it gives them an almost invincible feeling," said Drake, who as head of the Orange County Black Caucus has worked with leading vice presidential contender Rep. Val Demings on law enforcement issues. "People say it's racial—it may be for some individuals, but I don't think it's just race… It's a police culture that's generated, you know, over several decades, maybe even a century, that led police to start to feel more emboldened and invincible, and to take advantage of people with no recourse."Other activists are even less confident that the reform in Biden's current plan—including $300 million in additional funding for community policing, contingent in police force demographics tracking those of the communities they serve—is enough to fix deep-seated issues in law enforcement."Law enforcement's got enough money—it wasn't a priority until now because you're getting caught," said Lawanna Gelzer, president of the National Action Network's Central Florida chapter and a longtime critic of the Orlando Police Department. Gelzer told The Daily Beast that unless Biden's criminal justice platform includes redirecting funds from armed officers to social programs that address the roots of crime—which the plan currently does not do—it will amount to a Band-Aid on a gunshot wound."That's what the community is saying" about defunding the police, Gelzer said. "It's not stripping you of all your money, it's reallocating and putting money into services and needs that we need. They're like the fire department—the fire department do not patrol my neighborhood. They come when I need them.""Vice President Biden believes we need to reform, train, and invest in the programs we know work to help and protect communities," National Press Secretary Jamal Brown said in a statement. "At the same time, he knows we need to invest in funding for schools, summer programs, and mental health and substance abuse treatment separate from funding for policing, so that our officers can focus on the job of policing." "Congressional Democrats have put forward a plan. Now it is up to Donald Trump and Republicans to step up. It's clear we need reform but we haven't seen any proposals from Trump - just attacks and attempts to divide our country."On Tuesday evening, Deputy Campaign Manager Kate Bedingfield sought to put the attention back on Trump, who incorrectly asserted that Obama and Biden "never even tried to fix this during their eight-year period.""Donald Trump says President Obama and Vice President Biden didn't do anything on policing reform, but he knows that isn't true because he has spent the past three years tearing down the very reforms the Obama-Biden Administration pursued," Bedingfield said in a statement, noting several efforts to address police misconduct in Ferguson, Missouri, and limit the flow of military weapons to police departments, among others taken under the previous administration. "President Trump issued an insufficient executive order piecing together a few of the recommendations of the Obama-Biden policing task force, but he isn't delivering the comprehensive policing reform we need," she said.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Editorial: Atlanta police killed a Black man for being drunk at Wendy's Posted: 16 Jun 2020 03:00 AM PDT  Surely we can find a way to end horrific killings like that of Rayshard Brooks and still have police who responsibly protect the public.
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| Police killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta ruled a homicide Posted: 15 Jun 2020 10:16 AM PDT  The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office said Brooks, 27, died after he was shot twice in the back.
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| Is the U.S. Naval Buildup in the Pacific a Warning to China? Posted: 15 Jun 2020 12:55 PM PDT  Beijing had better believe it.
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